{"id":21279,"date":"2012-01-14T14:22:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=21279"},"modified":"2012-02-15T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:45:18","slug":"fpb-64-structural-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-64-structural-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"FPB 64 Structural Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-113.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 113\" width=\"600\" height=\"204\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were working through some design issues last week using a new (beta) version of Rhino 3D, and thought that a quick set of graphics on the FPB 64 structural grid might be of interest. These may help put the construction photos we show into context.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-108.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 108\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-1021.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 102\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The structure in the bow is built with collision in mind (the model is 1.85m\/six feet tall).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-111.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 111\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stem bar is not only massively strong on its own, but it is reinforced by three horizontal web frames.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-110.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 110\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stem bar is 40mm thick, further reinforced by the topside plate, 12mm here, for a total thickness of 64mm (2 5\/8&#8243;).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-106.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 106\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bottom of the hull is stiffened by a series of deep longitudinal girders and transverse frames. These work as baffles for the fuel and water tanks, minimizing noise from sloshing and the dangerous impact of free liquid effect in heavy going.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-105.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 105\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the many advantages of aluminum construction is the ability to have integral tanks. The fuel tanks, centralized for minimum impact on trim as fuel levels change, are over a meter (three feet) deep.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-103.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 103\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fresh water tanks are on either side of the fuel tanks, separated by coffer dams (empty sections).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FPB-64-Structural-Grid-104.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 64 Structural Grid 104\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Integral tanks form what is in effect a double bottom, reducing the risk from a hull puncture,\u00a0 unlikely though that is given these scantlings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were working through some design issues last week using a new (beta) version of Rhino 3D, and thought that <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-64-structural-grid\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashew-blog","category-fpb-64-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}